FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE

MDR report key: 21469885 · Received February 26, 2025

Report

Report Number
1645337-2025-02041
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 26, 2025
Date of Event
December 1, 2024
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
UDI-DI
00081317001201
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

SINCE THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED, AND NO DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CAN BE MADE. AS SUCH, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED. IF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE IS RECEIVED IN THE FUTURE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED AND CONDUCTED AS APPROPRIATE. A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION (MRE) WAS PERFORMED, AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE MRE VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. MENTOR IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH MENTOR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MENTOR, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, MENTOR, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF CERTAIN INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN, NOT AVAILABLE OR DOES NOT APPLY, THE SECTION/FIELD OF THE FORM IS LEFT BLANK. REASON FOR DEVICE EXPLANT AND/OR REOPERATION: DEFLATION. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON MAR 31, 2025, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED INDICATING THE REPLACEMENT DEVICES WERE MENTOR SALINE BREAST IMPLANTS (SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(6), LOT# 9982479 AND 9733045-021). ON APR 1, 2025, THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION. DEVICE EVALUATION SUMMARY: THE PRODUCT WAS RETURNED TO MENTOR FOR EVALUATION. MENTOR CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION, LEAK TEST, MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, AND THICKNESS MEASUREMENT OF THE RETURNED DEVICE. DURING VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED DEVICE, NO APPARENT DAMAGE OR VISUAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. LEAK TESTING WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MENTOR'S PROCEDURES. THE FINDINGS REVEALED A TEAR ON THE ANTERIOR VIEW, NEAR THE VALVE SYSTEM. NO OTHER LEAK SITES WERE FOUND DURING THE ANALYSIS. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED, AND THE CAUSE OF THE TEAR COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THEREFORE, A THICKNESS MEASUREMENT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE SHELL AT THE TEAR, AND THE THICKNESS WAS WITHIN MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS. MENTOR ALSO PERFORMED A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION RELATED TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT FOR THE FINISHED DEVICE LOT NUMBER. NO MANUFACTURING NON-CONFORMANCES WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THIS EVALUATION. ALTHOUGH NO CONCLUSION COULD BE REACHED ON THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING CAUTION: ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET, THE VALVE SYSTEM CAN BE DAMAGED BY IMPROPER USE OF THE FILL-TUBE STYLET. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN THAT THE STYLET ENTERS THE VALVE SMOOTHLY. USE THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER TO STABILIZE/SUPPORT THE VALVE SEAT AND GENTLY PUSH THE STYLET TIP INTO THE VALVE OPENING. OVERSTRESSING THE VALVE MATERIAL MAY RESULT IN PUNCTURES OR TEARS, AND SUBSEQUENT DEFLATION MAY OCCUR. USE ONLY THE FILL TUBE STYLET PROVIDED WITH THIS PRODUCT. TAKE CARE NOT TO PUNCTURE THE DIAPHRAGM VALVE OR THE SHELL WITH THE STYLET TIP. CARE MUST ALSO BE TAKEN WHEN THE FILL TUBE STYLET IS REMOVED TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE VALVE ASSEMBLY. AS PART OF MENTOR'S QUALITY PROCESS, ALL DEVICES ARE MANUFACTURED, INSPECTED, AND RELEASED ACCORDING TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRODUCT MET THE MANUFACTURING RELEASE CRITERIA. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A BREAST AUGMENTATION PRIMARY WITH SALINE MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE 200CC BREAST IMPLANTS AND EXPERIENCED BILATERAL DEFLATION POST-OPERATIVELY, WHICH WAS CONFIRMED DURING A PHYSICAL EXAM. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2025. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE RIGHT BREAST PROSTHESIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
594159 MENTOR SMOOTH ROUND MODERATE PROFILE PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS 5711496 00081317001201

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Female Required Intervention